Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 41

Cus­todi­al sen­tence in­stead of a mon­et­ary pen­alty

 

1The court may im­pose a cus­todi­al sen­tence in­stead of a mon­et­ary pen­alty if:

a.
a cus­todi­al sen­tence ap­pears ap­pro­pri­ate in or­der to pre­vent the of­fend­er from com­mit­ting fur­ther felon­ies or mis­de­mean­ours; or
b.
it is an­ti­cip­ated that it will not be pos­sible to en­force a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2The court must ex­plain why it has de­cided to im­pose a cus­todi­al sen­tence.

3The right is re­served to im­pose a cus­todi­al sen­tence in­stead of an un­paid mon­et­ary pen­alty (Art. 36).

1 Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 19 June 2015 (Amend­ments to the Law of Crim­in­al Sanc­tions), in force since 1 Jan. 2018 (AS 2016 1249; BBl 2012 4721).

 
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